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Speaking later, Ms Powell suggested she would attempt to form an alliance with Conservative backbenchers opposed to forced academisation in their constituencies.

Lucy Powell, the shadow schools minister, said there was «no evidence to suggest that academisation in and of itself leads to school improvement».

Morgan said in parliament this week because of the «pace of academisation in some areas, it will become increasingly difficult for local authorities to offer schools the necessary support».

Lucy Powell, shadow education secretary, said: «There is no evidence to suggest that academisation in and of itself leads to school improvement... In some parts of the country where standards remain a concern, all schools are already academies, yet the government has no other school improvement strategy.»

However, this is not due to increased rate of academisation in primary schools, as growth in the proportion of schools becoming academies has been steadily falling across both phases in recent years, but the decline in growth in the secondary sector has been steeper.

We know that academisation in and of itself does not improve education.

Not exact matches

Concealed by the wider process of «academisation» of state schools in England is the biggest surge of religious influence in our education system in a generation

On education, Michael Gove's alacrity for supply - side reforms has taken shape in a comprehensive programme of Academisation of secondary schools and some primary schools.

In the early years of academisation — under both Labour and coalition governments — the academy chains that ran into trouble were those that expanded too fast, taking on too many schools.

Wanting to take the step towards academisation on his own terms, he joined other schools in Northampton who started working together to form NPAT as equal partners, not built on the back of a top - down sponsor.

The Education and Adoption Bill is undemocratic in forcing academisation without consultation and excludes the school from selecting the sponsor that is most appropriate to them.»

Bett Academies, a new event developed in consultation with senior education leaders in the UK, launches this week to provide advice, guidance and inspiration to academies, MATs and schools exploring academisation.

It will use other drivers, including in some cases compulsory academisation, to achieve that goal.

Bett Academies, which will run alongside The Education Show at the NEC in Birmingham, will offer advice, guidance and inspiration to academies, MATs and schools exploring academisation.

For many people in education and beyond, the grand Goveian plan of mass academisation still grates.

Schools where 11 - year - old children don't meet the scores expected in reading, writing and maths, can still be deemed «above the floor» — and so exempt from interventions including forced academisation — if those children have made sufficient progress.

«We have remained strong in our opposition to all forced academisation, and this opposition has been echoed by MPs, teachers and parents.

The event has been designed to address key challenges and considerations relating to academisation and aims to bring together senior members of academies and MATs with other forward thinking solution providers in the education market.

The new «Bett Academies» event has been officially launched and will run from 16 to 17 March at the NEC in Birmingham, providing advice, guidance and inspiration to academies, multi-academy trusts (MATs) and schools exploring academisation.

Commenting on the report, David Laws, chairman of EPI, said: «For too long the debate about «academisation», the possible roles for local authorities in school improvement, and the impact of structural reform on our school system has been dominated by political ideologies, half - truths and hunches, rather than by evidence and careful analysis.

The data identified widespread regional variations in the spread of academisation, with areas such as Bournemouth, Darlington and Middlesborough containing a high percentage of converted schools, compared with West Berkshire, Camden and Brighton and Hove, where there are no converted academies.

Bett Academies has been developed as a national centre of excellence, providing information, guidance and inspiration for senior leaders in academies, MATs and schools exploring academisation.

«In many cases, academisation may be the best solution.

In particular, both the forced academisation of schools in areas considered to be «unviable», and the removal of the council role in school improvement, went against evidence that council - maintained schools perform more highly than academies and free schools in Ofsted inspections, and that conversion to academies did not in itself lead to better resultIn particular, both the forced academisation of schools in areas considered to be «unviable», and the removal of the council role in school improvement, went against evidence that council - maintained schools perform more highly than academies and free schools in Ofsted inspections, and that conversion to academies did not in itself lead to better resultin areas considered to be «unviable», and the removal of the council role in school improvement, went against evidence that council - maintained schools perform more highly than academies and free schools in Ofsted inspections, and that conversion to academies did not in itself lead to better resultin school improvement, went against evidence that council - maintained schools perform more highly than academies and free schools in Ofsted inspections, and that conversion to academies did not in itself lead to better resultin Ofsted inspections, and that conversion to academies did not in itself lead to better resultin itself lead to better results.

Variation within regions Another key observation to come from the report is that the difference in academisation within regions is larger than variation between regions.

In addition to The Education Show, this year, Bett Academies was also launched with the aim of providing the best advice and guidance for academies, MATs and schools considering academisation.

The motion also commits the NAHT executive to «ensure that school leaders are supported in resisting forced academisation» and to «continue to challenge the perception that structural change is a panacea for improvement».

Morgan's u-turn followed an uprising against forced academisation from backbench Tory MPs who were particularly concerned about the potential impact on smaller schools in rural areas.

A freedom of information request to the Department for Education (DfE), however, shows that one of the eight key performance indicators (KPI) for RSCs relates to the number of academies in their region — including among schools not normally targeted for academisation.

Morgan admitted in parliament this week that the proposals will also mean that good or outstanding schools in these underperforming councils will still face forced academisation.

Kevin Courtney, the union's joint general secretary, accused the government of pursuing «a reckless and evidence - free policy of academisation of schools» at the NUT section's conference in Brighton on March 31.

He also spoke of his desire to see council education staff set up and run multi-academy trusts, but said conversations would have to happen «quite soon», with primary schools that looked to local authorities for support facing a change in that relationship as a result of forced academisation.

Primary school academisation stalled for very good reasons, and the data simply does not support the notion that it raises standards in the primary sector.

The headteacher boards have been ignoring post-16 and SEND experts in their decisions on academisation — even though the government promised they would be included.

Schools in Labour - run local authority areas are more likely to face forced academisation under new laws designed to clamp down on coasting councils.

There will be many outstanding schools in areas with a high proportion of underperforming schools that would rightly be outraged if they were forced into academisation for the sin of being located in a such a local authority area.

If now there's more compulsory student enrolments in «hard» STEM subjects than earlier, while academisation of the sector is occurring, academic results will (initially) take a dip, regardless of schools being academies or foundation schools.

But Mr Shaw added: «In an era of universal academisation and tight local government budgets, it is far from clear that local authorities are best placed to monitor the quality of SEND provision in schools.&raquIn an era of universal academisation and tight local government budgets, it is far from clear that local authorities are best placed to monitor the quality of SEND provision in schools.&raquin schools.»

Plans in the document to turn every state school in England into an academy by 2022 have come under fire from teaching unions and parents» groups, with ongoing protests against forced academisation planned across the country.

I was fortunate to teach in strong science departments, that were well equipped for practical work, as were all UK schools until the recent Academisation (your Charter Schools) and increasing marketisation of our education system on the US model.

Writing in The Guardian last month, Warwick Mansell pointed out that of the 447 schools rated inadequate, more than one in four — 123 — had failed their Ofsted a year or more ago and had not yet converted to academy status, or been recorded by the DfE as planned for academisation.

The secretary of state was asked whether the «speed and process of academisation» had played a major part in what had happened in Birmingham.

She denied this: «I would strongly push back on the suggestion that any of this situation in Birmingham is caused either by academisation or because of changes in local government finance.

A fierce opponent of forced academisation, Barton wrote in TES magazine in March that he would have to be «dragged kicking and screaming» to become the head of an academy.

The head teachers» union also plans to debate issues such as forced academisation, assessment and British values in schools, over the weekend.

«It is clear though that academisation has led to greater competition, challenging many maintained schools to improve and incentivising local authorities to develop speedier and more effective interventions in underperforming schools.»

The teachers and parents at the Bridge Special School, Ipswich and at St Philip's Church of England Aided Primary School in Romsey, who both fought brilliantly and where we won successful campaigns against academisation.

Since the 1988 Education Reform Act, we have had 30 years of a political consensus in this country that standardised tests, competition between schools, market methods like performance pay and academisation are the way to improve education.

In a letter sent on July 17, seen by Schools Week, Hewett principal Tom Leverage reassured parents that despite academisation, the school's uniform would remain unchanged in September, but that the school council would «discuss» the issue in the autumn term following «complaints and concerns» by parents and pupilIn a letter sent on July 17, seen by Schools Week, Hewett principal Tom Leverage reassured parents that despite academisation, the school's uniform would remain unchanged in September, but that the school council would «discuss» the issue in the autumn term following «complaints and concerns» by parents and pupilin September, but that the school council would «discuss» the issue in the autumn term following «complaints and concerns» by parents and pupilin the autumn term following «complaints and concerns» by parents and pupils.

They are still in the same situation after forcible Academisation and then being removed from the first academy chain and handed over to a second.